Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

A girl shuld be two things classy and fabulous.

A girl shuld be two things classy and fabulous.